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  1. This thread is dead in the water, stalled in the Horse Latitudes.

    Time to throw someone overboard!

  2. @Nxxx,

    When I think of dreadful draughts, I think of Guinness. And Moosehead. Two very good reasons to “Stay thirsty, my friend.”

  3. Every year at this time, I try to declare my independence from something.

    This year that something is the overbearing, stifling influence of my betters. They ain’t the boss of me!

  4. Couldn’t agree more, Steve. I mean, how good can a beer be when the brewer puts right there on the label that it already has two strikes against it?

    And while we’re on the subject… You got a fave Philly brew you can recommend? It’s been a long time since I was up in Bethlehem…

  5. I would try something from Yards (depending on where you live, you might be able to buy it by you).

    Or Flying Fish (from the Jersey side of the Delaware, but still good).

  6. We have some good sources here in NoVA, and I’m in NJ a lot, so I’ll look for ’em… thanks.

    ’round Christmastime, if you get down to New Castle, DE, you might look for Old Dominion’s seasonal ale… a limited run, and best they make. Small Craft Warning (from the Annapolis area) is downright delicious and packs a potent punch.

    I’m told that, next time I go visit the Brits, I should go scout out a Hobgoblin, an Old Speckled Hen, and a Boddington. Sounds like a scavenger hunt to me…

  7. I’ll let BroMu tell you about the Kent brewers and micro brewers, just try and hunt down Young’s Winter Warmer and the real Czech Budweiser.

  8. Microbrewers are little elven folk who come out (very) late at night, after you’ve staggered onto the couch and crashed out. They pour some sicky drool into your mouth, hit your brain repeatedly with a jackhammer, empty your fridge, trash your toilet, then spray wee into your groin. And before they vanish back into the FaerieRealm they sprinkle PisstyDust back in time so that rather than everyone remembering you as the handsome, hilarious sophisticate you actually were the previous evening, they instead tell you you were a farting, belching oaf with no volume or bowel control.

  9. Not me, I’m TT (not the exciting one, alas). This is all by observation.

    Principally of my brother.

    Who’s now a merchant banker.

    Who’d have thought, eh?

  10. You fellows lost me with all the brews, beers, and burping. Can’t we move on to omething more exciting, like elephant polo?

  11. Elephant Polo is a Kentish game and for extra fun, we give the elephants plenty of Shepherd Neames or Westerham to drink. Plenty of broken legs.

  12. You would not *believe* how big a mallet you need to shift those elephants. Then they go and get all tangle up in the goal net. We get through at least half a dozen dumbos every game.

    The zoos are starting to get suspicious.

  13. I had a resolve to only drink Michigan beer, but I broke that this summer. I found Summer Shandy by Leinenkugel this summer and love it on a hot day. Grilling veggies and drinking an ice cold Summer Shandy on the deck has been a good end to most days.

  14. Ace, are you implying Del got her yacht by nefarious means, rather than the honest sweat of her prow?

    In other news, let’s see how many of us are rendered Anonymous when we are Lionised and forget to re-enter our names. I know I will despite having just made that observation and muttering ‘Don’t forget to enter you name you muppet’ repeatedly as I post.

    If we get enough Anonymice then maybe the FBI will give CARS a few extra hits and John will finally be able to buy himself that chin-graft he’s always wanted.

  15. Unfortunately my deck is in the great American tradition and is merely planking attached to the house. The plus is the charcoal grill is less likely to flip over due to turbulent seas.

    The believe the FBI gives out Viperkittens to get rid of Anonymice.

  16. What about turbulent BBQ-ing?

    Usually following beer intake and ‘discussions’ about how best to get the damn thing going?

  17. I could’ve used one of those Viperkittens last night here in the homestead (IRL mouse). I’m not sure how well they would’ve gotten along with the dog, though.

  18. There’s something wrong. Posted yesterday about why does Del grill charcoal and it is not there but a greyed out, inaccessible 103 does.

    HELP!

  19. What? Try yelling for help? Never works for me.

    HELP!

    Insult John? Don’t make me laugh. He’s uninsultable. Besides, he never reads our comments. He has “little people” to handle chores like that.

  20. Insult John?

    Weeeeeell, I guess I’m wiling to step up to the plate (see – we’re not just all ‘cricket-cricket-cricket’, Nxxx and I . . . I like Rounders too…).

    (*cough*)

    I believe you’re almost there, Ace. But the truth is John doesn’t have ‘little people to handle’ his chores, but rather ‘little *handed* people to ‘handle’ his ‘chores”.

    Ayethanku.

  21. Get a charcoal chimney starter they solve all the issues of getting the briquettes going. Put the charcoal in the chimney starter, put newspaper underneath, light newspaper and in 10-15 minutes max you have nice hot charcoal for the grill. No lighter fluid needed!

    I am hoping to grill corn this weekend as a couple of the early planters are starting to bring in local fresh corn.

  22. Del,
    Try grilling this.

    Sir, would you punish a boy for something he has not done?
    No fffanshawe minor, that would not be correct.
    Well in that case Sir, I haven’t done my homework.

    Makes excuses and exeunt left.

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